We are delighted to be a delivery partner for Best Practice Network, which means we will be delivering the suite of NPQ qualifications throughout the year as well as HLTA Preparation & Assessment. If you are interested, please see below for more details.
Testimonials from previous courses
Excellent as always. Really great examples and resources, plus the chance to share good practice with others.
Geography Network Meeting June 2022
Lots of useful information and very informative. We have gained lots of great ideas to take back to the classroom!
Practical Maths in EYFS, March 2022
Really helpful to get together with other PE leads. Delivered in a lovely chatty and informal way.
PE Network Meeting, Spring term 2022
A really useful session which gave simple and effective ways to incorporate computing in the classroom. Ideas on how to include computing in a cross-curricular manner for a wide range of purposes.
Computing in KS1, November 2021
Very enjoyable and informative. Liked being able to spend time reflecting and speaking with colleagues from other schools. Padlet was a great addition so that we can all review each other's answers quickly and was very interactive too. Feel reassured that I am doing the right things.
English Subject Leader Day, January 2022
Lots of wonderful activities & advice for phonics & reading with new framework. Helpful ideas to engage children in phonics lessons and how to use phonics in other lessons.
Enhancing Your Phonics Teaching, September 2021
Really useful training and gave me a sound insight into the progression through kS1. Several moments where I thought 'Oh yes, I used to do that, I'd forgotten!'
Developing KS1 Writing, November 2021
Great chance to compare practices and books with colleagues and peers. Really useful to have a review of current issues and an open forum for discussion.
Maths Subject Leader development, October 2021
Really informative. So good to benefit from the facilitator’s expertise and see and hear really useful ideas from other leaders.
History Subject Lead. Spring 2023
Great overview of things to consider as a subject leader and clear actions to be taken. Lots of subject leadership advice which I will be able to share with ALL subject leaders in my school.
Geography Subject Leader, Autumn 2022
The sessions have been really useful across the academic year. Ideas, sharing good practice, networking and always taking away something new.
English Lead, Summer 2023
Really well presented and very engaging. Very personable and felt comfortable asking questions. Liked being able to discuss different teaching strategies for different types of learners.
ECT, Spring 2023
A good session with some useful strategies that can be implemented into teaching straight away, particularly with times tables and number patterns.
Maths Lead, Summer 2023
Some interesting points about early reading. Nice to focus on attention at the start of the year and signposted to some interesting researchers/experts to look at further. Loved the 'hooks' to get children interested.
Reception teacher, Early Reading in the Classroom. Autumn 2022
Very useful to discuss the criteria expected during a moderation. Really benefited from having time to discuss with other teachers their ways of collecting evidence and what their experiences are of moderation / teaching some of the content. Very useful looking at the other books teachers brought to share and all the good practice the other schools use.
teacher, Year 2 Moderation, May 2023
Highly enjoyable. Blind moderation was really useful and I would like to do more of this. It was great to meet other Y6 teachers for professional dialogue, see the variation across schools and align judgments with other teachers.
Teacher, Year 6 Writing Moderation, May 2023
It was really useful having the chats with attendees in the breakout room about their practice and what they have put in place. The shared documents on Padlet were very helpful.
Maths Subject Leader Development Day, February 2020
The training was very informative and gave a different perspective on my role.
The Highly Effective TA, March 2022
Thank you both. Great range of learning activities, group discussions and input from both of you. Very informative. Made us all feel relaxed. Knowledgeable and able to answer any questions.
SLE Core Training
Super - loads of great ideas from the session and the chats, especially ideas around active reading. Thank you so much.
English Subject Leader Day, May 2022
It was useful to see other year 2 work from within the borough to support me in making a judgement of where my own children's writing is at. Some great discussions around levelling and what makes an expected piece of writing.
Year 2 Moderation, May 2022
A great opportunity for professional reflection and dialogue. It has re-focussed me on monitoring my subject.
English Subject Leader Day, February 2020